Where and when was it launched? The bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha at the New Parliament Building on September 19. Union Law Minister, Arjun Ram Meghwal tabled the Women’s Reservation Bill. It is one hundred and twenty eighth amendment bill of the constitution. What is in the bill?
- One- third of the seats will be reserved for women in Legislative Assemblies, including Delhi
- One- third of the seats will be reserved for women in the Lok Sabha
- One- third of seats earmarked for the SCs and STs will be reserved for women in Lok Sabha and Assemblies
- Seats reserved for women shall continue till such date as the Parliament may by law determine
- Rotation of seats reserved for women shall take effect after each subsequent exercise of delimitation as Parliament may by law determine
- While women participate substantively in the Panchayat Raj institutions a